HOBOKEN – A city resident was
knocked to the ground and robbed of $15 after walking his girlfriend
home early Wednesday morning, police reports said.

The Housing Bureau police, called
to Jackson and Third streets on the report of a 1:20 a.m. robbery, were told by a 27-year-old man that he had been knocked to the
ground and robbed.

The man said a
man approached him and demanded money, reports said.

The victim told the police that the
robber attacked him when he refused to hand over the any cash,
reports said.

The
robber overpowered the victim and pushed him to the ground, reports.
The assailant then rifled through the victim's jacket pockets and fled with
$15, reports said. The victim refused medical attention.